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Translating Quaco

How can we bring to the fore the names and stories of the marginalised of colonial exploitation? How can the stories of the Dutch colonial legacy find its way to an international audience? Henriette Louwerse and Duco van Oostrum at the University of Sheffield work with students to translate the national discourse of Dutch history and culture into a shared transatlantic story. Focal point is Quaco, the enslaved footboy of British-Dutch Captain John Gabriel Stedman.

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